Modular Monolith CI/CD: Fast Builds & Test Pipelines
Answer-first: Large monoliths avoid slow CI/CD pipelines by implementing monorepo path-filtering, Go build caching, and selective test execution based on git diffs. Deploying a single-binary modular monolith enables atomic deployments where application code and schema migrations ship deterministically in a single commit release. Prerequisite: Before reading this part, please review Part 3: DDD Module Boundaries. What You’ll Learn: Go Build Tags & Bazel Caching: How to isolate integration tests and share Go compilation objects across CI runners. Sub-3-Minute CI Blueprint: How git diff path filtering and worker pools compress test pipeline execution times. Internal Interface Contract Testing: How to verify cross-module Go interfaces without external network mocks. Automated Kamal 2 / ECS Deployments: How single-container releases execute atomic database migrations safely before traffic cutover. One of the biggest drivers pushing teams toward Microservices is the promise of “Independent Deployment.” In theory, team A can deploy service A without caring about team B. But reality is often much crueler: The existence of “Dependency Hell.” ...